German Kino Plus is a German language

German language

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 Television channel

Television channel

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 in the United States

United States

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 that is owned by FennFamLLC. German Kino Plus launched on May 4, 2007 and is currently only available on Dish Network

Dish Network

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. It is the first German language television channel based in the US and features the best programming from Germany.

German Kino Plus features the best in German cinema, popular TV series and the finest German documentaries. All programming is aired uncut and commercial free and the lineup is constantly updated with new films and TV series premiering every month. GKP programming is divided into the following 4 categories:

• Theatrical German films
• Classic German films
• Documentaries
• Top-rated television series from popular German channels ARD
  ARD (broadcaster)
  ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...
  
  , ZDF
  ZDF
  Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
  
   & RTL
  RTL Television
  Rtl.de' redirects here. For other uses, see RTL.RTL Television , or simply RTL, is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T , in larger population centres...
  
  

Canadian distribution

On October 28, 2010, German Kino Plus was officially added to the CRTC's approved list of foreign services, allowing the channel to expand into Canada. Ethnic Channels Group

Ethnic Channels Group

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, who sponsored the application to get German Kino Plus on the approved list, is the official Canadian distributor of the channel.